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Sep. 16th, 2005 | 02:48 pm

From Reuters:

"The H5N1 avian flu virus has killed more than 60 people in Asia. If the virus becomes easy to pass from person to person, some experts predict up to 50 percent of people where the virus is circulating could become ill, and 5 percent could die."

Five percent of 6 billion is 300 million. Hmm. (One third would be 2 billion, of course).

Can you guess what my mood is?
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orangemike

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from: [info]orangemike
date: Sep. 16th, 2005 02:29 pm (UTC)
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That sort of thing was the most popular candidate for the title infection in the WisCon 29 panel I was on, Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?

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PurpleTigron

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date: Sep. 16th, 2005 03:25 pm (UTC)
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Did you discuss which was progressing fastest, our medical knowledge, or the rate at which we disperse viruses around the world?

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orangemike

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from: [info]orangemike
date: Sep. 16th, 2005 03:39 pm (UTC)
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We were more concerned with the planetwide decline in funding for public health than anything else. Abstract medical knowledge doesn't help much if there is no entity providing the prophylaxis.

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from: [info]yonmei
date: Sep. 16th, 2005 03:07 pm (UTC)
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Five percent of 6 billion is 300 million. Hmm. (One third would be 2 billion, of course).

We are so not ready for the next pandemic.

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